Suspensory.



PATBNTED JULY 12, 1904.

E. W. MUNSEY.

S'USPENSORY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.4,1904.

N0 MODEL Inventor,

Attorneys.

Wihnesses:

Y HALE-ax Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT W. MUNSEY, OF DRANE, TEXAS.

SUSPENSORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,094, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,520. (No model.)

To all whom, if may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBERT W. MUNSEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Drane, in the county of Navarro and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Suspensory, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to suspensories.

The object of the invention is to dispense with the employment of a beltand shoulderstraps to hold the appliance in position; to prevent anybinding, and thus discomfort, in use; to obviate any tendency tochafing; to facilitate positioning, adjustment, and removal, andgenerally to improve and simplify appliances of this character.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists, generallystated, in a suspensory comprising a bag or sack, supporting-strapssecured to the front portion of the bag, holding-straps secured to therear portion of the bag, and .means for holding the terminals of the twosets of straps adjustably connected and for suspending the appliancefrom the band of the drawers or trousers of the wearer.

The invention consists, further, in certain novel details ofconstruction of asuspensory, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

1n the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable ofcarrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that theelements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape,proportion, and exact manner' of assemblage Without departing from thespirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the suspensory.Fig. 2 is a detached detail view of the combined buckle and hook forholding the appliance suspended.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bag or sack,which may be ofusual or any preferred construction, and has its upper front portionreinforced by a yoke 2 of any suitable material. Connected with the yokeare two straps 3, constituting supporting-straps, 5

which are rendered flexible by elastic sections 4, interposedintermediate of their ends, and connected with the rear portion of thebag or sack are two similar straps 5, constituting holding-straps, whichare also rendered flexible by elastic sections 6, interposedintermediate of their ends.

The terminals of the supporting and holding straps on ,each side of thebag are associated with a supporter comprising a buckle 7 for engagingthe straps to hold them in their adjusted positions and a hook 8, whichmay be combined with the buckle in any preferred manner to support theappliance in the manner before described. This combined hook and supportis of importance, inasmuch as in one structure a double function issecured,

thereby simplifying the construction of the device as a whole andcorrespondingly reducing the cost of its production.

The supporting-straps, as their name indicates, serve to suspend the bagin position and are disposed over the crest of the pelvis of the wearer,and the holding-straps, as their name indicates, serve to secure the bagproperly and positively around the scrotum and are disposed between thelegs and over the buttocks of the wearer.

It will be seen from the foregoing descrip tion that under theconstruction employed a belt and shoulder-straps are entirely dispensedwith and that the appliance is supported wholly from the band either ofthe drawers or trousers of the wearer, so that its securing in place orits removal may readily be effected. By dispensing with theshoulder-straps all strain upon the back of the wearer is removed, as isalso any danger of chafing, so that the appliance will be thoroughlycomfortable in use and may readily be adjusted through the medium of thebuckles to cause it to be propperly positioned and positively held inplace.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 that the straps 3'and 5 areentirely disconnected from each other throughout their lengththat is tosay, there are no transverse bands or strips used for connecting them,such as are commonly employed in devices of this in a kind, and bydispensing with such supplemental appliances all binding, with attendingdiscomfort in use, is positively obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Asuspensorv comprising a bag or sack, supportingstraps secured to thefront portion of the bag, holding-straps secured to the rear portion ofthe bag, the pairs of straps being disconnected throughout their length,and means for holding the terminals of the two sets of straps adjustablyconnected and for suspending the appliance from the band of the drawersor trousers of the wearer.

2. A suspensory comprising a bag or sack, supporting-straps secured tothe front portion of the bag, holding-straps secured to the rearportions of the bag, the pairs of straps being disconnected throughouttheir length, and a combined buckle and hook for holding the terminalsof the two sets of straps adjustably connected and for suspending theappliance from the band of the drawers or trousers of the wearer.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELBERT WV. MUNSEY.

Witnesses ELMO J EFFERS, H. E. TRAYLOR.

